Folie à deux: Love,
Loyalty, and the Limits of Reality
Presenter: ViviennePerry
Affiliation: Specialist Mind Care, Australia
Presentation Format: Oral Presentation (Onsite & Virtual)
🔍 Key Presentation Insights
∙ Theme: An in-depth
exploration of Induced Delusional Disorder (Folie à Deux) and its continued
relevance in contemporary clinical and forensic practice.
∙ Case Focus: A married couple involved in child protection proceedings who
maintained a shared narrative inconsistent with medical findings.
∙ Clinical Observations: Extensive overlap in personality traits, developmental
history, and psychometric outcomes between both individuals.
∙ Contributing Factors: Highlights the role of prolonged intimacy, social withdrawal,
and untreated psychological vulnerabilities in sustaining shared delusions.
∙ Assessment Challenges: Demonstrates the difficulty of differentiating genuine
belief from pathology during forensic and family evaluations.
∙ Therapeutic Considerations: Discusses the potential effectiveness of conjoint
psychotherapy in destabilizing rigid shared belief systems.
∙ Safeguarding Implications: Stresses the importance of early identification of
shared delusional processes to ensure child safety.
∙ Practice Relevance: Reinforces the need for coordinated, multidisciplinary
intervention in complex family systems.
👩⚕️ Speaker Profile
Vivienne Perry is
nearing completion of her Bachelor of Social Work at the University of the
Sunshine Coast, with expected graduation in November 2025. She is currently
completing her professional placement at Specialist Mind Care, where her work
includes:
∙ Clinical and forensic
assessments
∙ Psychometric testing and interpretation
∙ Preparation of medico-legal and forensic reports
Alongside her academic
and clinical commitments, Vivienne operates a sole trader practice and is
developing two collaborative initiatives—one focused on emotional support
animals, and another on educational assessment and reporting services. She is
dedicated to ethical, evidence-based forensic mental health practice and plans
to pursue advanced postgraduate training. Vivienne also maintains an ongoing
mentoring relationship with USC, supporting future social work and mental
health students.
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